Rhauntides

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| name=Rhauntides

| aliases=The Sage of Deepingdale

| gender=Male

| race=Human

| dob=?

| pob=?

| occupation=Sage, Loremaster, Archmage

| affiliations=Highmoon

| spouse=Shaunil Tharm

| children=None

| class=Wizard 14

| alignment=Chaotic Good

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The Sage of Deepingdale,

Rhauntides, is a cultured man who

devotes himself to the study of human and elven

magic, specifically to its present development

and the history of its use and users in the past.

In this, his expertise is such that Vangerdahast

and the Harpers both consult him.

For the past 30 years he has dwelt in a tower

of his own making in Highmoon, the capital of

Deepingdale, where he trains his beloved wife

and intended successor as Loremaster of Magic

to the Realms and Guardian Mage of Deepingdale.

His wife is the soft-spoken and beautiful

Shaunil Tharm (CG hf M9), an impish, tall, lithe

mage of skill who was originally born in Amn

whose hair sweeps the ground behind her.

Shaunil much enjoys drifting around the skies

of Deepingdale by night, flying with a bottle of

elverquisst in one hand and her lord at her side,

taking in the beauties of the Dale below and

watching the doings of its beasts and folk.

Rhauntides is tall and thin, and has piercing

blue eyes, handsome features, and a small,

pointed white beard. His movements are still

smooth and supple, and his dark, shoulder length

hair is going white at the temples. He is

sometimes mistaken for Khelben Arunsun of

Waterdeep by folk who have never actually seen

either mage close up.

Where once Rhauntides was driven by his

hunger to learn as many new spells as he could

find as fast as possible, now he revels in learning

and fixing in his mind every last nuance and variant

of all the known spells. Because of his depth

of learning, in spell battle he is a fearsome foe: He

can never be surprised by any combination or

application of magic. His amusements center on

going to Candlekeep and various mage fairs in

disguise and humbling overly arrogant mages or

sages by besting them with his knowledge of and

power over magic.

Rhauntides' past adventuring prowess

gained him not only fabulous wealth and magic

but a magical item of fearsome power: the belt

of stars. He is said to have cav-

erns full of gems and coins, and he is the only

known mage who can command 14 golems into

battle at once!

Rhauntides is trying to bring his wife to a

greater raw mastery of magic than he has by

keeping her reliance on items to a minimum

and her roster of learned spells spare and useful.

She understands and accept these restrictions

for the time being, and they share a deep,

unshakable love.

Thrice the elves of Evermeet have tried to get

Rhauntides to move to their realm, ostensibly so

that he could have and raise children in carefree

surrounding but really to gain his knowledge

and spell mastery as one of their resources. Each

time he has politely refused the invitation, but as

a token of his respect for the offer, he has on each

occasion brought a spellbook to Queen Amlaruil

Moonflower in Evermeet, filling her courtiers

with astonishment and fear due to his effortless

and undetected passage through all the elven

wards and magical defenses.